Political Quotes

“we are going to be voting shortly on the motion to proceed to S. 1, the Keystone XL Pipeline. I am here to urge my colleagues to vote no on that motion to proceed. We had a couple of chances to come to the Senate floor already today and last week and talk about the important issue of energy development in the United States and how we move our country forward with job creation and energy development. The President--we got to hear his remarks and certainly we respect people's points of view that this issue is an issue we have had a lot of time to discuss. Mr. President, the issue is whether the American public and people in affected States have had a lot of time to talk about this issue and whether they have had a transparent process to talk about this issue. I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record an article that was in USA TODAY whose headline is ``Permit problems plague Keystone XL pipeline's S.D. leg.'' There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From USA Today, Jan. 7, 2015] Permit Problems Plague Keystone XL Pipeline's S.D. Leg (By John Hultjhult) The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday voted down a move by tribal and environmental groups to force a reboot to the Keystone XL pipeline's state-level permitting process.…”